diff --git a/arduino-core/src/cc/arduino/contributions/packages/ContributionsIndexer.java b/arduino-core/src/cc/arduino/contributions/packages/ContributionsIndexer.java
index f26289533..b457fe062 100644
--- a/arduino-core/src/cc/arduino/contributions/packages/ContributionsIndexer.java
+++ b/arduino-core/src/cc/arduino/contributions/packages/ContributionsIndexer.java
@@ -327,6 +327,15 @@ public class ContributionsIndexer {
         packages.add(targetPackage);
       }
     }
+
+    Collections.sort(packages, new Comparator<TargetPackage>() {
+      @Override
+      public int compare(TargetPackage p1, TargetPackage p2) {
+        assert p1.getId() != null && p2.getId() != null;
+        return p1.getId().toLowerCase().compareTo(p2.getId().toLowerCase());
+      }
+    });
+
     return packages;
   }
 
diff --git a/arduino-core/src/processing/app/BaseNoGui.java b/arduino-core/src/processing/app/BaseNoGui.java
index d365b80ea..4035fbbc9 100644
--- a/arduino-core/src/processing/app/BaseNoGui.java
+++ b/arduino-core/src/processing/app/BaseNoGui.java
@@ -621,10 +621,10 @@ public class BaseNoGui {
     }
     indexer.syncWithFilesystem(getHardwareFolder());
 
-    packages = new HashMap<String, TargetPackage>();
+    packages = new LinkedHashMap<String, TargetPackage>();
     loadHardware(getHardwareFolder());
-    loadHardware(getSketchbookHardwareFolder());
     loadContributedHardware(indexer);
+    loadHardware(getSketchbookHardwareFolder());
     createToolPreferences(indexer);
 
     librariesIndexer = new LibrariesIndexer(BaseNoGui.getSettingsFolder(), indexer);